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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5357
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
107
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4350
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
unjani
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
Ndicela
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
94
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %0.16 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 million16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
19
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
NA87
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Xhosa and Zulu Alphabets

Xhosa and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Zulu. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Xhosa and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Zulu languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Xhosa and Zulu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Xhosa and Zulu Speaking population

Xhosa and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Zulu on Xhosa vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Zulu Language Codes

Xhosa and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.